Hi all, Where: GoLUG Online: https://meet.jit.si/golug When: Wednesday, 6/3/2026 7pm sharp Eastern DAYLIGHT time Arrive at 6:45pm for Microphone check & discussion Who: Steve Litt, Troubleshooter, Developer, Tech Writer What: Find out for yourself about Rust It's coming. You've seen it. You've heard of Rust. You've seen the evangelism. You've heard the skepticism. At the next GoLUG meeting, you get to decide for yourself. First, we'll discuss some Rust essential questions: * Why use Rust? * Why not use Rust? * What is the optimal Rust mindset? * What do the major Rust terminology terms mean? - mutability - ownership - borrowing - lifetime - Cargo - Crate - Statements; - Expressions * Where does Rust surpass all others? - Hint, it's not safety or runtime speed. Using the Rust compiler as your instructor, along with the Rust book and a little AI thrown in, you'll see (or follow along if you'd like) the following steps: * Compile empty.whatever empty file - To start from absolute zero * Read and use the error messages * Read the documentation suggested by the error messages * Get familiar with using the superior Rust documentation * Hello World * Build loops with for, while, loop, break and continue - Intro to mutability * Use branching (if, else if, else) * Handle command line arguments * Convert strings to integers * Function intro with types - Arguments with types - Return value with types - Handling references - Borrowing, ownership and lifetimes * Multifile projects (time permitting) * Closures (time permitting) The final 20 minutes of this 2 hour presentation will get you comfortable with the Rust's spectacular documentation system. Armed with this presentation, Rust's documentation, and a little AI, if you decide that Rust is a fit for your priorities and personality, you can go as far as you want with Rust. If you want to code along with the presentation, and this is nice although not necessary, install Rust on your computer before the presentation. It's very easy to install on most Linux distros, and I assume on Windows, Mac, and BSD also. Hope to see you there. SteveT Steve Litt GoLUG Publicity Coordinator
